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isnt juroku a shito ryu kata too? my friend is blue belt and she does it...

no actually IM larger than all the rest, i got a feeling hes afraid i may hurt someone else, or something ---- there aint other dojos around, so should i quit karate or stay with what i have and try to get me another training partner?

What style are you talking about? how can it be just like that???

I understand theres 2 things karate is used to. 1.Sport(thats why we point spar in my school) 2.Sd? anyways, im screwed thanks anyways, somehow my teacher wont put me against noone else... o well

usually when i fight my brother in real life i leg kick him and elbow him right in the chest.anyways, i dont think the sensei will put me against anyone, since im the tallest and heaviest in the class, and he dosnt tell me but i think hes afraid of putting other ppl against me because they might get hurt,that or hes sfraid of putting my BROTHER against someone else, either way i think im never gonna learn

ugh... i think full sport fighting has way more hits and more contact and more blood prolly

Karate team? Maybe you can go kicking people around the streets and solving crimes, and then maybe someone noteices you and invites u to compete, and then you win and then you just keep winning untill youre number one, yayyyyyy and then maybe you become rich and do a round house kick to the moon and eat the cheesee moon! yay!. im joking, but why would you wanna make your own karate team? your karate school should be your team....

haha. really?

I think this depends... my friend which is 12 has been in karate 8 years and just got black belt(shito ryu) but then my other friend only took 3 years to brown, shes 16, same style. i think it varies

dude i wouldnt try it, anything thats playing around with ur arterys/etc is extremely dangerous, and even then i wouldnt take risks of using it even if i knew how.

I got tons on my way lol. Im a full time student, i play the Bb clarinet, the Eb alto sax, and the guitar, so i have to practice in addition to hw, also i gotta attend marching band/jazz/concert band rehersals, im learning 3d modeling/flash animation and i got a girlfriend... erm you know

nice article... bruce lee is good

I HAVENT HEARD SUCH * IN A LONG TIME. For black belt you need to know most stances , blocks, punches, etc. , also you need to pass a combo test, 5-10 steps , and u need a whole lot of vocabulary. also you need bassaidai and some other kata, but thats just at my school. what ur friend said is prolly pure *, who would take the rist of being killed for black belt? i sure wouldnt.

we cant hit face, we cant hit from waist down, only torso. By the way i need some advice, i ALWAYS get to spar with my brother and ONLY him. Sensei tells us to hit easy , and i do but he hits HARD!!!. he mostly wins because he charges at me uncontrolled and with full strength. sometimes, when the sensei starts the match i just front kick his stomach/front punch his chest for a 20 sec match which i win, but when we start fighting for a while , he kicks me , and i block and punch back but he stills get the point. Also, trying to control the attacks he launches at me is hard because they are so hard(not fast) i have to worry about not getting my lounges messed up by a string kick on the back. WHAT THE * SHOULD I DO??? i am now yellow belt and ive been training with my brother since white, i have NOT progressed on my sparring skills because he just dosnt * let me! so what should i do? (noone else will spar with me than by brother)

did you have to do junino kata??

ok, ive noticed theres alot of difference between shito ryu and other karate styles, for example in my school, we go with stripes, like: White Yellow Yellow with orange stripe orange purple green green with black stripe blue blue with brown stripe brown brown with black tripe black. Also, my first kata was called junino kata, and i cant find anyone that had to do it, did you have to?? and how long will it take till black belt?

i got karate 3 days a week and we spar every other wendsday, we do alot of kata , basics and technique though

i voted for rocky, but i dont really use music to train.

same with mine

im 14 too, i train/have lessons on children classes {10-14{im the oldest}} but i switch belts with the adults.

ouch dude, i think this guy will bring a cup next time youre practicing something like this, why did the 5yr old do it anyways? did you kick him out?

completely agree, dont do it unless ur thinking about quitting anytime soon

Do you guys think karate techniques/katas/etc woruld help in a real life street fight? im currently yellow belt on shito ryu karate, will it help me on self defence AT ALL? or is it just a sport?

LOL

I can never meditate at my karate class, the guy goes like - 'mokuso' like 1 or 2 secs later he stops us, i can bearly close my eyes, meh does that actually affect you?